Quote: (09-05-2011 08:46 PM)Sushifan Wrote:
You young padawans have much to learn.
It does not matter where you got married (which state, which country, etc). It only matters where you now live and where she files for divorce.
There is no such thing as an iron-clad pre-nup. You cannot make a pre-nup that is considered too strict or punitive. For example, you make $500k per year and she makes $20k a year and if you split up (no kids involved, married for 5 years let's say) you expect her to walk away with zero, right? That will never happen. You will be required to have some sort of walk away $ ("consideration") for her in the pre-nup.
Also, you can't choose a wedding date until AFTER a pre-nup is signed lest she say that she signed under duress since the wedding date was approaching and she didn't want to be embarrassed in front of friends and family. Also she must have her own attorney represent her in the pre-nup and he will tell her not to sign something too restrictive.
Finally once you have both agreed and signed the pre-nup and you're married... The pre-nup can still be thrown out by a family court judge!
And anything related to kids (custody, time split, child support $) cannot be put into a pre-nup!
You kids need to visit an attorney or at least do better google searches...
This is common knowledge, why do we need to google any of this?